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Synopsis

Excerpt from Drug Abuse Prevention for the General Population: U. S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health

Despite the best efforts of the Federal, State, and local governments, drug abuse continues to pose serious threats to the health, and social and economic stability of American communities. The causes of and factors associated with drug abuse are complex and vary across different segments of the population. To be effective, prevention programs must address not only the drug abuse behavior itself but also the relevant cultural, ethnic, regional, and other environmental and biopsychosocial aspects of the population segments being targeted for the prevention efforts. Therefore, it is important to match the program with the population it is to serve and the local community context within which it is to be implemented. The challenge for prevention practitioners is to select, modify, or design prevention strategies that will meet the needs of their constituencies, whether they comprise a whole community or specific segments within a community.

The Drug Abuse Prevention Research Dissemination and Applications (rda) materials, of which this resource manual is a part, are designed to help practitioners plan and implement more effective prevention programs based on evidence from research about what works. These materials provide practitioners with the information they need to prepare their communities for prevention programming and to select and implement drug abuse prevention strategies that effectively address the needs of their local communities. These materials are intended for use by prevention practitioners who vary in their training and experience in the field but who are interested in developing prevention programs in their communities. The target audience for these documents includes prevention program administrators, prevention specialists, community volunteers, community activists, parents, teachers, counselors, and other individuals who have an interest in drug abuse and its prevention.

The set of materials contains seven documents. Four pieces comprise a core set of materials that are packaged and distributed together and that provide the foundations needed to begin planning effective prevention programs. The remaining three manuals, of which this is one, can be ordered separately. They provide more detailed information on how to implement specific prevention strategies. The four components of the core set of materials are.

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